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Just picked up an Ipod Nano (4GB). I have a question regarding music buying...
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
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Originally Posted by Jon Snow
Just picked up an Ipod Nano (4GB). I have a question regarding music buying...
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
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I haven't bought much from itunes as I prefer to buy the cd and rip it. One of my issues has been how much freedom the user agreement gives me on itunes. I have around 800 blank cds that I got cheap and burn cds for a drive, then throw it away all the time. Does itunes limit how many burns you can do?
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Originally Posted by kvrdave
I haven't bought much from itunes as I prefer to buy the cd and rip it. One of my issues has been how much freedom the user agreement gives me on itunes. I have around 800 blank cds that I got cheap and burn cds for a drive, then throw it away all the time. Does itunes limit how many burns you can do?
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Originally Posted by sauce07
Does anybody know how to make podcast i've downloaded out of itunes show up under the podcast section on both itunes and on an ipod?
Doug's AppleScripts Podcast Import
Since it is AppleScript, this obviously only works on Macs. It also uses the built-in Apache web server to somehow feed the file into iTunes as a podcast , so this must not be a common operation.
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Originally Posted by Jon Snow
Just picked up an Ipod Nano (4GB). I have a question regarding music buying...
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
What are the cheapest options for purchasing music (single songs mostly)? I know of itunes, and eMusic, but having trouble finding anything under .88 cents per song (Wal Mart). Is that just the going rate?
I have ZERO interest in using bittorrent or bearshare or any other "free" site. I want to pay for my music, I just want to pay the cheapest/legal way out there.
It seems Napster/Rhapsody/YMusic all are not compatible with downloading to my computer and then copying to my ipod, correct? If there was some other subscription service that allowed me to use the ipod, that would be fantastic.
Any help is appreciated.
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So can you buy music from any of the country stores? I'm looking to pickup an album from that is available in the UK store that isn't available in the US store and was wondering if there are any hassles or extra strings that go with it.
Edit: I tried it and it looks like you are tied to one store. That sucks.
Edit: I tried it and it looks like you are tied to one store. That sucks.
Last edited by Dr_Evil; 06-28-06 at 11:31 PM.
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Just got my ipod (30gb) and put my music on it, now how does this iart part of it work, i would love to have my cd's album art on there, i noticed it did it automaticaly with the tunes i purchased thru itunes, but not with any of my other music i put on there, thanks a bunch.
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Some options:
* search for the album on Amazon, select all the tracks, click and drag the album cover from the Amazon page to the album art window. Free, but manual; this is better when you're ripping/importing a couple cds at a time.
* Download Yahoo Widget Engine and the iTunes Companion widget. You can set it to 'scan entire library' and add artwork wherever it's missing. Free, but it's not 100%, I noticed some instances where it put the back cover on.
* Download [and pay for] iArt that automatically adds lyrics and/or album art work. 10 bucks, and the writer of the software frequents a couple ipod forums. This one is quite cool for lyrics, and does a pretty good job at artwork.
* Download itunes Art Importer. I haven't used this, but I've heard aboutit, and it's supposed to be pretty good. I believe it's free.
I'm sure there are other ways, but those are what i've done.
* search for the album on Amazon, select all the tracks, click and drag the album cover from the Amazon page to the album art window. Free, but manual; this is better when you're ripping/importing a couple cds at a time.
* Download Yahoo Widget Engine and the iTunes Companion widget. You can set it to 'scan entire library' and add artwork wherever it's missing. Free, but it's not 100%, I noticed some instances where it put the back cover on.
* Download [and pay for] iArt that automatically adds lyrics and/or album art work. 10 bucks, and the writer of the software frequents a couple ipod forums. This one is quite cool for lyrics, and does a pretty good job at artwork.
* Download itunes Art Importer. I haven't used this, but I've heard aboutit, and it's supposed to be pretty good. I believe it's free.
I'm sure there are other ways, but those are what i've done.
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apologies if this is not the right thread to post this but i intend to upgrade to an ipod video soon - the new U2 one - and i was wondering if there any sites out there that provide free video downloads specifically for the ipod?
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Not solely limited to the ipod, but if you go to the itunes music store and browse for video podcasts, there are quite a few free ones, ranging from product reviews to classic cartoons to serial adventures and more. Occasionally itunes will offer free episodes of certain shows.
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
Some options:
* search for the album on Amazon, select all the tracks, click and drag the album cover from the Amazon page to the album art window. Free, but manual; this is better when you're ripping/importing a couple cds at a time.
* Download Yahoo Widget Engine and the iTunes Companion widget. You can set it to 'scan entire library' and add artwork wherever it's missing. Free, but it's not 100%, I noticed some instances where it put the back cover on.
* Download [and pay for] iArt that automatically adds lyrics and/or album art work. 10 bucks, and the writer of the software frequents a couple ipod forums. This one is quite cool for lyrics, and does a pretty good job at artwork.
* Download itunes Art Importer. I haven't used this, but I've heard aboutit, and it's supposed to be pretty good. I believe it's free.
I'm sure there are other ways, but those are what i've done.
* search for the album on Amazon, select all the tracks, click and drag the album cover from the Amazon page to the album art window. Free, but manual; this is better when you're ripping/importing a couple cds at a time.
* Download Yahoo Widget Engine and the iTunes Companion widget. You can set it to 'scan entire library' and add artwork wherever it's missing. Free, but it's not 100%, I noticed some instances where it put the back cover on.
* Download [and pay for] iArt that automatically adds lyrics and/or album art work. 10 bucks, and the writer of the software frequents a couple ipod forums. This one is quite cool for lyrics, and does a pretty good job at artwork.
* Download itunes Art Importer. I haven't used this, but I've heard aboutit, and it's supposed to be pretty good. I believe it's free.
I'm sure there are other ways, but those are what i've done.
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To correct the mp3 coverart, right click on the song, or select all the songs on one album, and go to file, then "get info." Click on the Artwork tab and click delete. Then replace them with the coverat available at Amazon. You can just copy the image and then paste it where the art should be.
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Originally Posted by Anubis2005X
To correct the mp3 coverart, right click on the song, or select all the songs on one album, and go to file, then "get info." Click on the Artwork tab and click delete. Then replace them with the coverat available at Amazon. You can just copy the image and then paste it where the art should be.
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I've got a 60GB, something like 6500 songs, most with cover art, and I think my cover art was about 600 MB.
You can always get the cover art for use in itunes, then just uncheck 'show artwork on ipod' so it doesn't appear there.
You can always get the cover art for use in itunes, then just uncheck 'show artwork on ipod' so it doesn't appear there.
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
My initial mistake was adding everything in my "My Music" folder [pre-ripped stuff I've had for a long time] to itunes; it did add, but many of those tracks were named oddly or were missing tag info etc. So last night I cleared my Library and am letting itunes 'manage my music collection'--it does quite a good job
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edit-> preferences -> advanced -> general
I checked 'keep itunes music folder organized' and
'copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library'
so now whenever I add tracks, assuming the ID3 tags are close to being right, they're placed in a folder in My Documents by Artist sub Album.
Re-importing existing tracks into itunes a couple folders at a time made it a lot easier to correct any funky id3 tags or artist/album/genre/track labels, though it was time consuming.
I checked 'keep itunes music folder organized' and
'copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library'
so now whenever I add tracks, assuming the ID3 tags are close to being right, they're placed in a folder in My Documents by Artist sub Album.
Re-importing existing tracks into itunes a couple folders at a time made it a lot easier to correct any funky id3 tags or artist/album/genre/track labels, though it was time consuming.
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
I've got a 60GB, something like 6500 songs, most with cover art, and I think my cover art was about 600 MB.
You can always get the cover art for use in itunes, then just uncheck 'show artwork on ipod' so it doesn't appear there.
You can always get the cover art for use in itunes, then just uncheck 'show artwork on ipod' so it doesn't appear there.
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I enabled disk use, then plugged the ipod in and navigated to a directory on it, I think it's "IpodControl", and in there is an AlbumArtDatabase and a couple other album art files. This method isn't 100% accurate, but it gives me a close enough estimate.
I've been getting my coverart from Amazon.com--mndtrp, is allmusic's album art better? I think Amazon's are close to 200x200.
I've been getting my coverart from Amazon.com--mndtrp, is allmusic's album art better? I think Amazon's are close to 200x200.
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Originally Posted by dtcarson
edit-> preferences -> advanced -> general
I checked 'keep itunes music folder organized' and
'copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library'
so now whenever I add tracks, assuming the ID3 tags are close to being right, they're placed in a folder in My Documents by Artist sub Album.
Re-importing existing tracks into itunes a couple folders at a time made it a lot easier to correct any funky id3 tags or artist/album/genre/track labels, though it was time consuming.
I checked 'keep itunes music folder organized' and
'copy files to itunes music folder when adding to library'
so now whenever I add tracks, assuming the ID3 tags are close to being right, they're placed in a folder in My Documents by Artist sub Album.
Re-importing existing tracks into itunes a couple folders at a time made it a lot easier to correct any funky id3 tags or artist/album/genre/track labels, though it was time consuming.
I asked this question in tech talk and it appears the answer is no.